Advance sign for facilities in lay-by

Advance sign for facilities in lay-by

A lay-by ahead offering facilities such as parking, toilets, tourist information, picnic areas and a phone.

Tourist Information Signs

What should you do?

Plan to pull in if needed and slow down in good time for the entrance.

How to recognise it

A brown rectangle with white symbols for parking, toilets, information, picnic, phone and a viewpoint, and 3 km.

Common confusion

Brown signs give tourist information, not instructions, so they carry no legal restrictions.

Explanation written by the My Driving Test editorial team using the Department of Transport Traffic Signs Manual conventions and the RSA Rules of the Road.

Quick Facts

Category
Tourist Information Signs
Sign Name
Advance sign for facilities in lay-by
Category Size
11 signs

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